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Blue Bell Group

Past Producer in Modoc county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031402
MRDS ID M010169
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bell Group
Related records 10285970

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.19911, 41.97625 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 0.5 MI EAST OF LILY LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Modoc(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Bidwell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cedarville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Alturas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Goose Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Modoc National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Modoc

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 047N 015E 01 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Rhyolite Is Silicified And Brecciated

Analytical data

Result 400 LB OF VUGGY QUARTZ FLOAT ASSAYED $9,000/TON AU, SILICIFIED BRECCIA IN UPPER ADIT ASSAYS $3-5/TON AU (AT $20/OZ)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 151
USGS model code 25d
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Sado
Mark3 model number 28

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Warner Mountains

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Dip 70 S
    Thickness 0.76M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CAVITIES WITH COMB-STRUCTURE QTZ

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1934 - 1935

Mining district

District name High Grade

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Larkin, William R.

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE. SHIPMENTS OF HAND-PICKED ORE AVG. $300/TON IN GOLD. SHIPMENTS OF HAND-PICKED ORE AVG. $300/TON IN GOLD.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY TWO ADITS, UPPER ADIT RUNS SOUTH FOR 100 FT THEN SOUTHEAST FOR 87 FT. OTHER ADIT RUNS 90 FT IN AND DRIFTS FOR 20 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1936, MINERAL RESOURCES OF MODOC COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 32, NO. 4, P. 451.

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN, J.C., 1948, MODOC COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 44, NO. 4, P. 349.

  • Production

    OBRIEN ( 1948 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit STRINGER ZONE IN RHYOLITIC BRECCIA VEIN AND ADJACENT COUNTY ROCK CONTAIN NUMEROUS OPEN CRACKS UP TO 1 FT WIDE. BEST ORE FROM QUARTZ STRINERS 6-8 IN. THICK, VEIN AVERAGES 2-2.5 FT THICK.; USGS MODEL MAY ALSO BE 25A: HOT-SPRING AU-AG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Mateik, R. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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